The husband of US actress Brittany Murphy has told a US TV show his wife was suffering from laryngitis in the days before she died.

An autopsy has been carried out but the cause of death will not be known until the results of toxicology and tissue tests come out in four to six weeks.

“My world was destroyed yesterday,” Simon Monjack told Access Hollywood. He also said Murphy had “been tired”.

Murphy collapsed at home in Los Angeles and died in hospital on Sunday.

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A US man has become the longest-serving prisoner to be freed after DNA evidence proved he was innocent of the crime he was convicted of three decades ago.

James Bain spent 35 years in jail after being found guilty of kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old boy in 1974.

On his release from prison in Florida on Thursday, he told the BBC he was not angry and his faith had helped him.

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With filming on the final two parts of the Harry Potter series under way, the young actors who have grown up on the set and become global superstars are now considering their next steps.

We asked them whether it would be a case of deathly silence after the Deathly Hallows…

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When dining out, it’s an impossible guessing game to know how many calories, how much fat, or how much sodium comes with your order. Most people don’t know, or grossly underestimate, what they’re consuming.

Who would think that Boston Pizza’s regular-sized Greek salad has 1,040 calories and 1,960 milligrams of sodium? That’s half your daily calorie requirement and more than a day’s worth of salt. Compared to other items on the menu, it sounds fairly healthy.
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Huddling inside with other people to avoid the winter chill is a surefire way of catching a cold or flu. With a single sneeze throwing out more than 100,000 infected droplets, which can live for up to two days, it’s little wonder infection rates rise at this time of year. Yet are colds and flu an inevitable part of winter or is there anything you can do to stay healthy? Lots of products claim to protect you, but which work best?

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Luxury brand Christian Lacroix is to cut most of its staff and close its main clothing design business after a court approved a restructuring plan.

The French fashion house will shed 100 staff, leaving just 11 employees to manage its accessories and perfumes.

The firm entered administration in June, after being hit by falling sales, and has failed to find a buyer.

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The stars swear by it: By mixing up exercises, sets and reps, muscle confusion will get you a ripped bod in no time. The fitness experts, however, remain skeptical.

It’s hard to argue with the success of the werewolf workout. The shirtless stars of Twilight: New Moon have the kind of ripped physiques that make even the most dedicated gym rats howl at the moon with envy. And they owe their buffed bods to a controversial fitness fad called “muscle confusion.”

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With three months to go before the Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, early indications suggest it will be one of the most open races in years.

Indeed, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seems to have anticipated this by opening the best picture category up to 10 movies, as opposed to the usual five.

That is not the only change either. In order not to coincide with the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the 2010 Oscars will take place a fortnight later than this year’s were.

It will also boast not one but two hosts, the comedian Steve Martin sharing the presenting duties with actor Alec Baldwin.

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An ex-model who was obsessed with maintaining her youthful looks has died following surgery to make her buttocks firmer.

Former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano, 38, was rushed to hospital with severe breathing problems after the cosmetic operation.

The mother of eight-year-old twins died on Sunday from a blocked lung artery after spending three days in a critical condition in intensive care.

Her close friend and fashion designer Roberto Piazza said the brunette had become obsessed with her looks as her successful modelling career approached its end.

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The girl dubbed ‘Britain’s fattest teenager’ now regrets having the surgery that led her to lose 22 stone.

Malissa Jones was just 17 years old and weighed in at 34 stone when she became the youngest Briton to have a gastric bypass.

Two years on and Malissa now claims the weight loss has left her miserable and she now wishes she never had the £10,000 NHS operation.

‘I know it sounds ungrateful, but I preferred my body when I was fat,’ the 19-year-old said.

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